Grain-binder deck.



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ALFRED E. HOLMBEEG, or MAPLE LAKEJ MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-BNDER DECK.

Application led November 6, 1915.

. `The present invention relates to harvesters and pertains more particularly to that type of harvesters known asbinders.

The present invention has for one of its objects to produce a binder that will not wedge the grain against the top and therebv become clogged.

Another object is to provide a binder that will cut regardless of the condition of the ground, whether it be dry, hard, soft orwet.

Still another object is to provide abinder that will eut through any kind of grain, such as grain full of grass and weeds, and if the grain should be wet, Without clogging the binding mechanism.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding; parts throughout the various views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view on the line A-A of Fig. 3.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the movable deck section, and

Fig. 5 is a view of the lever bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the binder deck, 2 the needle, the arm of which is an are instead of being somewhat straightened as is commonly in use today, and 3 the curved arm thereof.

Pivotally secured to the deck 1, as at 5 and 6, and operating in an opening 7 is a platform 8, having extending longitudinally thereof a slot 9 through which the needle operates.

Underneath the binder deck is a plurality of bearings 10 with shafts 11,12 and 13 rotating therein. The shafts 11 and 12 are connected to the platform 8 by offsets 14 of the shafts which engage in recesses 15 formed in the downturned edges of the plat- Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented 6Sept. 11, 31917.

Serial No. 59,921.

form and are maintained therein by plates 1G having recesses therein complementing the recesses in the platform, while shaft 18 controls the needle 2, deriving its power from a source not shown.

A rod 17 is loosely connected to one of the offsets 14` and to a pin 18 secured to a lug 19 on the needle 2, causing the platform 8 and needle to work in unison so that the deck will press the gavel against the top.

Une of the shafts 12 extends slightly beyond the edge of the deck and is in fixed engagement with a bar 20, which has at its free end a pin 21 extending at right angles thereto. A lever 22 has one .end curved, as at 23, to provide a gripping means, and the opposite end slotted, as at 24, to slidably receive the pin 21. A portion of the under side of the lever 22 is serrated to form teeth 25, one edge of which is abrupt and the other inclined, affording means of adjlusing the platform with respect to the c ec i.

A bracket 26, secured in any well known manner to the binder deck, has adjacent its top an opening 27, in which is mounted a spring 28 having one end bearing against the lever 22 to fixedly engage the teeth thereon with the bracket. The other end of the spring is held in position in the opening by a bolt 29.

When cutting grain in dry weather or under ordinary conditions the platform is fixed in its uppermost position, but if the ground is soft or the grain damp or full of foreign growth, the deck is lowered to the proper requirements by releasing the serrations in the lever from the bracket and making the proper adjustment at this point. By lowering the platform a greater amount of space is provided between that portion of the deck which supports the bundle and the binder top, thus eliminating the fault of having the grain jammed or clogged between the deck and top hindering the proper operation of the binding mechanism.

The peculiar curve of the needle arm pushes the grain forward without wedging it against the top, thereby causing much less friction and less power to push it through. The curved arm and the movable section cooperate in functions and make work easier, and, if the friction becomes too severe, the section is put in motion making more space between it and the top.

Various changes in form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be re-V sorted to Without departing frointhe principle or sacrieing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Vhat I claim is l. A binder `having a deck with an adjustable and movable section, a shaft foiiadjusting the position of the section rotatably connected to the deck, means connected to the shaft for moving the same, a needle and needle shaft, a second shaft secured-to the deck and section, and a rod connecting the needle and second shaft for contemporaneously moving the adjustable section with the needle.

2. A binder having a deck with a movable and adjustable section, shafts rotatably connected to the deck and said section, a needle havin g a lug thereon, and a bar vconnected tol said lug` and one of the shafts.

3. A binder having a deck with. a movable and adjustable section, shafts rotatably con nectedto the deck and said section, a needle, and a bar connected to one of the shafts and the needle for moving the sectionand needle in unison.

4. A binder having a deck With an ad- Ijustableand movable section, shafts rotatably connected to the deck and section, a

needle, a bai' connected to the needle and one ofthe shafts for moving,` the needle and section in unison, and a lever connected to Athe other shaft `for adjusting the said deck.

5. A binder having` a deck With a movable section, said section ybeingprovided With a centi-al Ilongitudinal needle.y opening and downturned vedges having` a plurality of re- Y for operating the needle. a

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in' the presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED AE. -IIOLMBERG- Witnesses:

,T1-ros. =MAD`IGAN, W. E. FEENEY.

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